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Art of/from/in the brain. Self Reflected was “made using an elaborate combination of hand drawing, deep neuroscience research, algorithmically simulated neural circuitry, adapted brain scan data, photolithography, gilding, and strategic lighting” → Self Reflected gallery. See also: the Guided Tour and Closer Look videos.
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From Polari to Pig Latin…and eight points in between. → Top 10 Secret Languages. And while I’m in the mood for lists, how about 10 Indispensable Scottish Words?
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A breathless headline but an eye-opening link. → After You’ve Seen These Maps, Your Image of the World Will Never Be the Same Again!
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An amazing story of collaborative art from, of all places, Reddit. → Place
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Merde! → Bad language: why being bilingual makes swearing easier
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Mastodon, an open-source Twitter-like system, is mildly interesting on its own. But using it as a platform for Oulipo-inspired experimentation, like oulipo.social in which “No one is allowed to use the letter ‘e,’ or ‘any variant of it, that is found in Latin script,” is fun and fascinating.
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Incidentally, Mouse Reeve, the creator of oulipo.social, also collaborated on Drift, an amazing experimental typography book (and site) that featured randomly generated typographical compositions.
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An hors d’oeuvre, a lagniappe… → xkcd: Mispronunciation
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The geometric paper animals by Guardabosques! are awesome. I particularly like the Japanese Macaques and the various birds
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Today in 1962, singer, songwriter, painter and future Nobel Prize in Literature winner Robert Allen Zimmerman—better known as Bob Dylan – Wikipedia—debuts his song “Blowin’ in the Wind” at Gerde’s Folk City in New York. Based on the Negro spiritual “No More Auction Block” (a staple in Dylan’s live performances at the time; listen to Odetta’s performance), Dylan’s iconic song, like many of his best songs, became famous as performed by others….in this case Peter, Paul and Mary‘s version that hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. A few other interesting covers: The Killers, Regina Spektor, Sam Cooke and Johnny Cash.
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Links, links, links…from a certain, uncertain mind.
Links: April 2, 2017
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This handmade Book of Disquiet, unbound and printed on ephemera, is beautifully executed and true to the spirt of Pessoa’s essential collection. The lavishly illustrated “behind-the-scenes” blog is engrossing.
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At the other end of the bookmaking spectrum: 3D printing is tackling what may be its biggest challenge yet: the humble book.
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There are never enough tiny pies! → How a pocket-sized snack changed the English language
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“…an intricate type map of the capital teeming with infamous fictional characters from London’s literary past and present.” → Lose yourself in this beautiful literary map of London
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So many tasty visual treats. → 2017 Sony World Photography Award Winners & Shortlist
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A fantastic New York Times multimedia feature on the late Chuck Berry. Lavish listening. → Before & After Chuck Berry
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Laughing and crying is the appropriate response. → There are people who spend their time yelling at the Mars Curiosity rover on Twitter
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My Fully Optimized Life Allows Me Ample Time to Optimize Yours
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“A commander with a history of depression created a unique way to keep his soldiers from killing themselves. The Army had other ideas.” → The General Who Went to War On Suicide
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Today in 1982, Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands, starting the Falklands War which would incur 1,010 British—and 2,306 Argentinian—casualties before the latter surrendered after 74 days of fighting. Argentina continues to maintain that the Falklands, a Crown colony since 1841, belong under their rule. Not only was this claim never explicitly relinquished, but in 1994 was enshrined in the Argentinian constitution.
Links: March 26, 2017
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Someone Organized All 403 Of Bob Ross’ Paintings On One Happy Little Website
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Multiple layers to this compelling story → ► A Peasant vs The Inquisition: Cheese, Worms and the Birth of Micro-history
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A look inside the still-vital institution and some great photos. I want a copy of the failed, asymmetrically bound New Collegiate dictionary. → A Journey Into the Merriam-Webster Word Factory
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Why Mind Wandering Can Be So Miserable, According to Happiness Experts :: Pairs with Yuval Harari, author of Sapiens, on how meditation made him a better historian.
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Inside the Fountain Pen Hospital → Where Fountain Pens Are Saved and Sold
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In case you missed it, the ► Missing Richard Simmons podcast became a bit of a phenomenon. I got hooked despite myself. It’s also been controversial, being labelled an experiment in privacy invasion and morally suspect. I agree most with the premise that it was questionable, but not cruel.
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Survival of the Friendliest: It’s time to give the violent metaphors of evolution a break
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An “exclusive to BobDylan.com” → Bob Dylan: Q&A with Bill Flanagan
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Today in 1484, William Caxton publishes the first English printed version of Aesop’s Fables. You can read Caxton’s version of the Fables (and then some) on Aesopica or browse a reprint in the Internet Archive.
Links: March 19, 2017
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Fascinating examples in the article and the book just jumped near the top of my reading list. → Danielle Steel Loves the Weather and Elmore Leonard Hates Exclamation Points: Literature by the Numbers Thanks, Reader B.!
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‘Purple Rain’ — As Retold In A Language Without A Word For Purple
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Vote for your favorite of the 10 finalists for the 2017 “net based prize for net based art.” Some intriguing projects.
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Oxford Dictionaries add ‘clicktivism’ and ‘haterade’ as new words for angry times
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It’s interesting to see how supposedly bumbling comedian Tommy Cooper meticulously organized his jokes and planned his physical staging. If you’re wondering who Tommy Cooper is, you probably know some of his jokes.
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A comic by Boulet → How to Beat Writer’s Block in Just 40 Easy Steps
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This month, the USPS announces a new series of WPA Posters Stamps. :: Pair with the Library of Congress WPA Posters Collection
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Today in 1863, the Confederate states’ most powerful Steamship Georgiana is bombarded and finally scuttled while attempting to force its way through a federal blockade to Charleston, South Carolina. Today in 1965, teenage diver and future pioneer in underwater archaeology E. Lee Spence, found the wreckage (see galleries of artifacts from the ship). The Georgiana was owned by George Alfred Trenholm, Secretary of the Treasury during the last year of the Civil War and, Spence has convincingly claimed, inspiration for Margaret Mitchell’s famous character Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind.
Links: March 12, 2017
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The Wellcome Image Awards “recognise the creators of informative, striking and technically excellent images that communicate significant aspects of healthcare and biomedical science.” In other words, some amazing art! → Wellcome Image Awards 2017 | Winners’ gallery
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Fascinating to see the variety (and clusters of similarity) of scores of examples of 1984 In Covers.
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Some interesting answers to the question, “What is the most disturbing book you’ve ever read and why?” What say you, Clamorites?
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Futuracha is an amazing typeface, but because it is only available as EPS figures, it’s not been easily usable. So, the forthcoming Futuracha Pro font project is welcome…creating an even better face with amazing ligatures and a variety of alternates for common pairs of letters.
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The Oxford comma: Decried, defended, and debated: An infographic
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“Each etymology is like a magic portal into a tiny truth about history, culture, language, or the mind—a miniature eureka, a quiet a-ha, a satisfying huh, or a little story that I believe only a good word origin can tell.” → mashed radish – everyday etymology Via Reader A.
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Spreadable coffee is now a thing. I’ve planted the seed in the mind of a colleague who is in Japan that he should bring some home for me.
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How to become a super memorizer – and what it does to your brain + Ancient technique can dramatically improve memory, research suggests
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The right explanation…and an interesting response. → Why words die.
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Today at sunrise was the Aztec New Year (in Nahuatl, the Yancuic Xīhuitl, or in Spanish Año Nuevo Azteca), the first day of the year according to the Aztec Calendar, which has 360 named—and five unlucky nameless—days. Celebrations generally take place the night before and involve:
- ceremonial dancing with colorful costumes and headdresses featuring quetzal feathers
- offerings of seeds and the lighting of “ocote” or pitch-pine candles
- the burning of a flag representing the year that has passed and the perfuming of a flag for the new year
- much celebratory noise-making with seashells, fireworks and pulque, a drink made from the magüey cactus
Links: March 5, 2017
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Such a great idea, art rifling and rummaging through the everyday. → Shawn Huckins – Paint Chips series
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Ever wondered “How many giraffe’s necks equal the length of the Weinermobile” or “How many kegs of beer could the New York City sewer system carry per day?” Then the Weird Converter is for you.
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MIT claims to have found a “language universal” that ties all languages together :: Also: the original paper on which the article is based (PDF).
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Wow! This could be where consciousness is formed? → A giant neuron has been found wrapped around the entire circumference of the brain
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Love this site collecting examples of the (dying art of) movie/cinema/play tickets. → Tickets Please!
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I’d heard a bit about his early racist cartoons, but this piece lays out the history and asks a reasonable question → Can We Forgive Dr. Seuss?
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Eight days a week? → The Case for Eating Weed at Work
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Today in 1946 at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, USA, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivers his “iron curtain” speech (which he had titled “The Sinews of Peace”), essentially inaugurating the Cold War. “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent,” Churchill proclaimed, noting the importance of “a special relationship between the British Commonwealth and Empire and the United States” to fighting the “fifth columns” that “constitute a growing challenge and peril to Christian civilisation.” :: Also, read or listen (mp3) to the full speech. :: Also, I feel compelled to note that today in 1979 Voyager I made its closest approach to Jupiter and it is National Tree Planting day in Iran. In my head these are all connected.
Links: February 26, 2017
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I’ve never been a particular fan of his acting, but Hanks sure seems like a good guy… → Tom Hanks is coming out with short fiction anthology revolving around typewriters
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The Forked Tongue Map is an interactive graphic that lets you explore—with graphics, video and text—59 endangered languages spoken in Queens, NY (in which there are an astonishing 500+ languages spoken in total).
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Library Hand, the Fastidiously Neat Penmanship Style Made for Card Catalogs | Atlas Obscura [before you complain about “another Atlas Obscura link,” read the comments below].
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In the longest such study ever conducted, what some might consider common sense is confirmed…our personalities when we are “old” are basically nothing like when we are teens. → Personality Stability From Age 14 to Age 77 Years
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Every Noise at Once is an “an algorithmically-generated, readability-adjusted scatter-plot of the musical genre-space.” In other words, a massive, interactive map of musical genres from opera to deep tech house…and seemingly everywhere else.
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Turns out, there’s more to the Mall of America than meets the eye. → Writer-in-Residence – Mall of America
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Speaking of quintessentially American writing → Walt Whitman’s lost novel The Life and Adventures of Jack Engle found
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Today in 1616, Galileo Galilei is officially banned by the Roman Catholic Church from promoting, teaching or defending his heretical view that the Earth orbits the Sun. Officially, he is to “abstain completely from teaching or defending this doctrine and opinion or from discussing it… to abandon completely… the opinion that the sun stands still at the center of the world and the earth moves, and henceforth not to hold, teach, or defend it in any way whatever, either orally or in writing.” Galileo didn’t relent and in 1633 was put on trial for heresy, threatened with torture and finally sentenced to indefinite house arrest, which he remained under until his death in 1642. Pope John Paul II officially “rehabilitated” Galileo in 1992. Fortunately, the Flat Earth Society is still fighting the good fight.
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